Massimo Terenzi

Cryptocurrencies from Mainstream to Fringe Platforms. Media Manipulation and Deceptive Schemes on Facebook and Telegram

🔍 New article out in Comunicazione Politica:

𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀

How coordinated #scams exploit Facebook’s algorithmic visibility to redirect users into Telegram’s unregulated spaces.

📄 www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.3270/...

24.04.2025 12:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Detecting coordinated behaviour on social media with veraAI A webinar series on innovative AI-based fact-checking tools from the veraAI project

Flagging this #veraAI webinar — ⛳️
Apr 30, @nicolarighetti.bsky.social (University of Urbino) presents a tool for detecting coordinated behaviour on social media.
Very useful for those into disinformation, network analysis, and verification workflows.

🕚 11:00 am CEST
👉 tech.ebu.ch/events/2025/...

02.04.2025 12:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

AI-Generated Images of Pope Francis Drive Traffic to Network of Suspicious Websites in Coordinated Campaign VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!

Researchers at Uni Urbino uncovered a significant #disinformation campaign on #Facebook pertaining to #PopeFrancis’ health. Here's what they found.
#InauthenticCoordinatedBehavior
By @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social, @giadam.bsky.social, @informativeicts.bsky.social @mterenzi.bsky.social.

06.03.2025 16:58 — 👍 9    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 1

Basic code to query the TikTok Research API. The query fails with server error

TikTok Research API has been down since Feb 19, just before Germany's election. Two days post-election, it's still down with no explanation. Has anyone received official communication about this outage? Concerned about the timing? Share your experiences below.

25.02.2025 07:54 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

40point12

As part of the @euprompt.bsky.social project, we’ve launched an AI chatbot to help researchers navigate the Digital Services Act (#DSA). It supports platforms like Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and more, providing insights into APIs, Article 40.12, and data access challenges.

💡 Try it here: 40point12.eu

07.01.2025 09:54 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Modeling Persuasion in Social Media | Journal of Sociocybernetics

Excited to share my latest article in the Journal of Sociocybernetics:

doi.org/10.26754/ojs...

This work examines how algorithms act as active agents in communication, highlighting how manipulative strategies, such as crypto scams, exploit their dynamics.

Feedback is always welcome!

03.01.2025 13:15 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

(1/4) We've dedicated countless hours to examining the strengths, weaknesses, and challenges of the real-time APIs mandated by Article 40.12 (aka the CrowdTangle provision) of the Digital Services Act—so you don't have to.

30.12.2024 15:48 — 👍 8    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

The state of social media research APIs & tools in the DSA era / PROMPT Narrative Intelligence for Information Integrity

Pleased to share our latest white paper, co-authored with @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social, as part of the @euprompt.bsky.social project, analyzing how the Digital Services Act (DSA) is transforming platform data access, examining challenges, gaps, & possible solutions: disinfo-prompt.eu/posts/5TVAc3...

31.12.2024 11:27 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

The state of social media research APIs & tools in the DSA era / PROMPT Narrative Intelligence for Information Integrity

Our white paper (by @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social & @mterenzi.bsky.social) analyzes how the #DSA is transforming platforms' data access, drawing on existing literature and fresh extensive testing of research APIs & tools from major VLOPs incl. Meta, YouTube & TikTok → disinfo-prompt.eu/posts/5TVAc3...

30.12.2024 14:34 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

Join Us as a Beta Tester for the Coordinated Sharing Detection Service! VERification Assisted by AI. R&D & innovation co-funded by the HorizonEU. Continuing WeVerify work. And much more!

Want to help build a safer, more transparent digital world?
Interested in tech, testing, network analysis & #disinfomation?
Then become a beta tester for the Coordinated Sharing Detection Service, powered by #CooRTweet, developed by @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social & team www.veraai.eu/posts/beta-t...

17.12.2024 12:52 — 👍 10    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 1